Curtain pole



H. L. HEES Dec. 22 1925' CURTAIN POLE Filed June 15. 1923 Patented Dec.22, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CURTAIN POLE.

Application filed June 15, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIS LINCOLN Hans, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of the city of Toronto, in the county of York,in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Curtain Poles, of which the following is thespecification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain poles and the object ofthe invention is to devise a curtain pole in which the means forsupporting the curtains therefrom will be concealed. A further object isto devise an improved means for supporting the curtains from the pole.

My invention consists of a curtain pole constructed and arranged all ashereinafter more particularly described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a pair of curtains showing thesame supported from a pole constructed according to my in vention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view through the curtain pole.

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the curtain pole broken awayintermediately.

Fig. 5 is'a perspective detail of one of the rollers and supportingmembers to which the top of the curtain is secured.

Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of a modified form of supporting memberfor holding the curtains in Which the hook replaces the eye at the lowerend of the form shown in Figure 5, and

Fig. 7 is a perspective detail of a further modified form of supportingmember in which the lower portion .is provided with a Serial No.645,559.

6 of the supporting member 7 which extends centrally through eachroller, each supportlng member being turned downwardly and terminatingin an eye 17 as is clearly illustrated. The roller is freely rotatableabout the upper portion of the supporting member. The dependingsupporting members are secured to the curtains 8 by any suitable meanssuch as the hooks 9.

In the modified form illustrated in Figure 6 the lower end of thecurtain supporting member 7 is provided with a hook 18 which is directlyhooked to the curtain instead-of having to use a hook 9 as abovedescribed. In the further modification illustrated in Figure 7 the hook18 is replaced by a safety pin 19 which is also directly attached to thetop of the curtain.

From the above description it will be seen that I have devised a simpleand effective curtain pole and concealed means for supporting thecurtains thereon. When the curtains are in position as is illustrated inF1 ure 2 it is obvious that when they are pu led aside the rollers 4will roll in the pole and thus the curtains will be capable of anydesired lateral adjustment.

What I claim as my invention is:

The combination with a curtain, of a curtain pole of C-shaped crosssection with a longitudinal slot in its concealed. vertical face, aroller movable longitudinally in said pole, and its periphery engagingthe internal lower surface of the pole, said roller having a centralhorizontal orifice therethrough communicating with an enlargedconcentric recess in the face of the roller adjacent to the outervertical face of the pole, a curtain supporting member of substantiallyinverted L-shape having its horizontal leg extending freely through theslot in the pole, being positioned to be out of contact with the lips ofsuch slot and extending through the central orifice in the roller intothe enlarged recess therein where it terminates in an enlarged head, andmeans on the Vertical leg of the curtain supporting member for attachingit to the curtain.

HARRIS L. HEES.

